Back to peopleJan NěmecKnown forDirectingBornJuly 12, 1936DiedMarch 18, 2016Place of birthPrague, CzechoslovakiaBiographyLife and careerJan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."Filmography1 filmsAll1Acting1The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague